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mons in Utah and the law-disdaining wild western inhabitants of Nevada. However, they wcre mutually dependent on each other in a very real and vital way. 'l'rading was a necessity to both. The only available market of the southern Utah settlenients was the Kevada mining camps, and Kevada had a surplus of money of which Utah was desperately in need. Yet, with this ideal trade situation, i\losmon traders or peddlers crossed the line at their prril. They had no trouhle taking their loads into Nevada, but on the wa>-home many of then] were robhcd of their pay. Utah men had to take this chance, however, as the need for money was pressing. Pioche and Bullionde were the hungriest camps within the range of Southern Utah. Pioche was settled in 1864 but didn't really boom until 1870, when it became one of the wildest, bloodiest, most lawless camps in the entire xvcst. At first, Utah people peddled goods from door to door and had little trouble selling their loads. Later, they would sell the entire load at a wholesale price to one of the stores there. Utah farmers were forced to freight their con~moditiesto the mining camps and take thc best price the dealers would pay.' conditions that young Lehi and Kumen It was under ihesc l~wlcss hauled nnmcrous loads of freight to Pioche or Bullionville. On one such occasion in 1868, when Lehi was but 14 years old, his mother arranged for him to take a load of freight and travel with two older fcllows who were going that way. Moot Mackelprang and Dan Leigh were about 10 years older than Lehi and had made the trip to Bullionville many times. They each had a wagon with two srts of horses. Lehi's team was rathcr unreliable as one was a mule and thc other a mare which was poorly trained. However, he got along pretty well with them but had to krcp alert, knowing their dispositions. The first night they camped on a flat east of Desert Springs. The town of hfodena gets water from this sprinz. Lehi was a rather quiet boy and seldom entered into the conversation with these older fellows. They did the cooking over the fire, and he sort of assumed the role of errand boy. They were u p before sunup the next morning to get a good early start. I t was a short distance to the town of Desert Springs and as they hadn't tnveled long, their horses wcre still fresh. Moot and Dan went into the store there, which was a conthination saloon, grocery, hardware and clothing store. They found a q o u p of young men there who were bringing freight from Sanpete County. They had traveled over Clear Creek Canyon and continued straight to Black Rock, south of Delta, and turned South on the rcgular frei$~t route down the desert. Desert Springs was a reslll;lr ..toppin< place. Moot and Dan became acquainted with these Sanpetc fellows and, after some comparing of

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
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Description	mons in Utah and the law-disdaining wild western inhabitants of Nevada. However, they wcre mutually dependent on each other in a very real and vital way. 'lrading was a necessity to both. The only available market of the southern Utah settlenients was the Kevada mining camps, and Kevada had a surplus of money of which Utah was desperately in need. Yet, with this ideal trade situation, i\losmon traders or peddlers crossed the line at their prril. They had no trouhle taking their loads into Nevada, but on the wa>-home many of then] were robhcd of their pay. Utah men had to take this chance, however, as the need for money was pressing. Pioche and Bullionde were the hungriest camps within the range of Southern Utah. Pioche was settled in 1864 but didn't really boom until 1870, when it became one of the wildest, bloodiest, most lawless camps in the entire xvcst. At first, Utah people peddled goods from door to door and had little trouble selling their loads. Later, they would sell the entire load at a wholesale price to one of the stores there. Utah farmers were forced to freight their con~moditiesto the mining camps and take thc best price the dealers would pay.' conditions that young Lehi and Kumen It was under ihesc l~wlcss hauled nnmcrous loads of freight to Pioche or Bullionville. On one such occasion in 1868, when Lehi was but 14 years old, his mother arranged for him to take a load of freight and travel with two older fcllows who were going that way. Moot Mackelprang and Dan Leigh were about 10 years older than Lehi and had made the trip to Bullionville many times. They each had a wagon with two srts of horses. Lehi's team was rathcr unreliable as one was a mule and thc other a mare which was poorly trained. However, he got along pretty well with them but had to krcp alert, knowing their dispositions. The first night they camped on a flat east of Desert Springs. The town of hfodena gets water from this sprinz. Lehi was a rather quiet boy and seldom entered into the conversation with these older fellows. They did the cooking over the fire, and he sort of assumed the role of errand boy. They were u p before sunup the next morning to get a good early start. I t was a short distance to the town of Desert Springs and as they hadn't tnveled long, their horses wcre still fresh. Moot and Dan went into the store there, which was a conthination saloon, grocery, hardware and clothing store. They found a q o u p of young men there who were bringing freight from Sanpete County. They had traveled over Clear Creek Canyon and continued straight to Black Rock, south of Delta, and turned South on the rcgular frei$~t route down the desert. Desert Springs was a reslll;lr..toppin< place. Moot and Dan became acquainted with these Sanpetc fellows and, after some comparing of 38
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